Another person who has recenly given me hope is my current boss. He has decided to leave his current role, not because he has an offer to make more money, in fact he will be making less money, but he is leaving to go and make a difference, something he doesn’t feel he is doing in his current role. In talking about it he said, “I don’t want to be an example to my kids that it is all about money, and if I stay that is exactly what I will be doing” So - Todd gives me hope.

We have lots o’ boxes!

Praise God!

I’m so glad that things are moving forward (on God’s time) with the Famine. It will be a wonderful weekend. God’s Peace to all who participate. You will all be in my prayers!

Peace!
Marilee

PS. I hope my brother-in-law’s story inspires you and others! He’s pretty amazing at his ministry!

Well, that is what my calendar says! 10 days to go until the wedding. After about a month of frantic panic, I hope I’ve finally reached the point (too pooped) where I will get out of God’s way and let God provide.

My friend Randall sent me to a blog today (maybe some of you got the same message) - the site is at http://downrightfaith.com/voicecryingout. It was the best thing I could have received at this moment. A reminder that God is really in charge and will answer our prayers in a our best interest. Thanks Randall. You are a gift from God.

I have been having dreams lately and some of you know that means God is talking loud and clear to me during the night because I’m too distracted during the day… Last night’s dream was about a vacant house where someone’s old treasures were just left behind and I was so sad that this stuff that represented someone’s life was just forgotten.

This has two immediately obvious messages to me:
1) What you do with your life is more important than what you leave behind in terms of stuff. How we touch others lives is more important than a pair of shoes we’ll wear maybe 10 times. Like the ones I was wrestling with after dinner last night…

2) Be mindful of the cost of the treasures. Yesterday, I jotted down what I go through each day to support the life style that I have. Here is the breakdown:
2 hours travel to/from work
9.0 hours work (including an hour for lunch)
.5 hours preparing for work
8 hours sleeping
1 hour cooking/eating/cleaning up dinner

That is 20.5 hours, leaving 3.5 hours each work day. The weekends are even crazier! Wow, I’m doing all of this for 3.5 hours of life that I may not have the energy to actually enjoy? That sounds pretty … well, human.

I am spending more money on going to and from work than I actually spend on life’s necessities! Also, I am spending more time, preparing for future time than I spend in current time. Am I in God’s way or what!

So it is the same ol’ same ol’ with me. I am always in God’s way and thinking I’m in charge even while God is banging me over the head with a frying pan.

Thankfully, God is still creating me and YOU! Some of us need a frying pan over the head for a change to happen, some of us don’t. We can choose between a life of getting banged over the head or a life of actively listening for God’s call, paying attention to it and acting on it.

It isn’t enough that we just have some new insight, we need to act on it and amend our lives… it is so hard to change. My prayer for all of us is as many a-ha-change moments as we need to become the people God wants us to be.

Funny, just got a call from a ‘headhunter’ about a short term position in New Braunsfels that sounds really exciting. Let’s see, pay attention to something dropped in my lap or hold out for something that I think will be a better deal…

Peace and love to all,
Terri